Why is fruit so expensive this spring? The reason behind the reporter’s investigation
The price of fruit has gone up sharply this spring. According to the relevant data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs compiled by Zhuo Chuang Information, the wholesale price of fruits from January to April in 2022 was higher than the average price in the past nine years, and it showed a continuous upward trend.
From the place of origin to the dining table, fruits have to go through the stages of fruit farmers’ picking, packaging and purchasing, loading and transportation, wholesaler sales, etc., and finally reach the fruit shop at home. Qianjiang evening news Hour reporter interviewed producers, wholesalers, logistics drivers and store operators, trying to explore the deep-seated reasons behind these links.
Many people are concerned about when the price of fruit will come down. According to the prediction of fruit farmers and wholesalers in producing areas, with the coming of summer fruit ripening season, the wholesale price of fruit will soon fall, and the price of retail stores will naturally fall.
Due to climatic reasons, the reduction in production and the sharp drop in imported fruits cannot fill the gap.
Most of the fruits in this season are from Yunnan, Hainan and other places, because the reduction in production has led to an increase in wholesale prices.
According to Hong Lianggang, the wholesaler of Hangzhou Fruit Wholesale Market, the price of wogan rose from 4 yuan to 11 yuan, honeydew melon from 12 yuan to 20 yuan, mango from 4 yuan to 10 yuan, and the most outrageous thing was watermelon. A while ago, the price of watermelon rose from 6 yuan to 20 yuan.
Chen Ying (pseudonym), who is purchasing fruits in Hainan, explained the reason to qianjiang evening news Hour reporter: "The winter in Hainan this year is particularly long. Due to the influence of cold air, the output of lotus spray, Guifeimang and litchi here has decreased a lot."
Mid-May is the season when a large number of lychees are listed in Hainan. In previous years, the local wholesale price was only five or six yuan a kilogram, but this year, the wholesale price of lychees rose to 14 yuan a kilogram, and the price doubled 1.5 times.
Before the local fruits were ripe for the market, the output of foreign fruits was reduced. In the past, this situation also happened. The solution for wholesalers was to fill the gap with imported fruits.
But this year, the number of imported fruits has also dropped sharply.
At Hong Lianggang’s wholesale point, the sales of imported fruits accounted for 30% of the total sales in previous years, and now it has dropped sharply to 10%.
The origin of imported fruits this season is mainly Southeast Asia. Last year, 7.5 kilograms of mangosteen with a box of 200 pieces sold 450 pieces this year; Last year, 15 kilograms of durian with an average price of about 400 yuan per box sold directly to 800 yuan this year.
The epidemic affected the transportation time, and the freight cost generally increased by 10 times.
The reduction of production makes the price of fruit higher, and the increase of transportation cost adds a fire to the rising price.
According to Chen Ying’s estimation, in previous years, the freight for a car full of princess smiles was 9,000, but this year it has become 12,000. Affected by the local epidemic this year, the passage of trucks was not as smooth as in previous years, and the freight rate naturally rose.
Liu Ben (a pseudonym), a truck driver, took a load of bananas imported into Hangzhou fruit wholesale market. His batch of bananas was shipped from the port of Ningbo. Originally, this journey only took three or four hours, but now it takes three days.
Imported fruits need to go through customs inspection, disinfection and nucleic acid detection, and so on. Just here at the customs, it will take a day. When the goods arrived at the highway bayonet, Liu Ben had to hand over the driver’s license to the staff. "Because it is stipulated which highway intersection to get off from, you must return from which highway intersection."
When you get to the market, people and goods need a 24-hour nucleic acid report to enter the market. Liu Ben drove the car to Hangzhou Renhe Inspection Station and tested the bananas. Liu Ben himself went to the hospital to do nucleic acid, and when the report came out, another day passed.
Liu Ben calculated that it would take about 140 liters of oil to get from Ningbo to Hangzhou. This year, the oil price has risen, and he can only bear it himself. Together with the toll of 336, it costs 672 yuan to go back and forth. After deducting these costs, Liu Ben can only earn 500~600 yuan for one trip.
The epidemic situation makes it impossible for goods between markets to circulate and transfer at will. "Every batch of fruit we have now has a traceability code, which can only be sent straight from the place of origin and cannot be transferred. In the past, we would look at the price. For example, if the goods in Jiaxing market are cheaper, we will adjust from Jiaxing, and now it is not allowed. " Fei Ge (a pseudonym), the wholesaler owner of Hongshi Fruit Industry, said.
Feige is mainly engaged in the wholesale of fine fruits. Due to the difficulty of freight transportation in Shanghai, all the imported fruits were transferred to the docks in Guangzhou, which increased the transportation cost for the Hangzhou market.
The number of imported fruits has dropped sharply this year, mainly due to the international epidemic.
"I think many colleagues who are imported fruits are saying that the freight of imported fruits has generally increased by 10 times." Brother Fei said, "And in Southeast Asia and other countries where we mainly import fruits and fruits, almost all the automobile transportation routes are shut down, leaving only sea routes. The time for these fruits to stay on the cargo ship has increased, resulting in a decline in quality. "
Store rent, labor cost factor, local fruit listing price will be lowered.
The rise in wholesale prices makes the price tag of fruit shop stores change almost every day.
"Recently, many customers have complained to us that fruit has become more expensive." Xiao Wu, a clerk of Huaxia Fruit Industry, pointed out and smiled at the concubine in front of the store. This is litchi that just came in, and the price is 51.6 yuan a kilogram.
Most customers are still sensitive to price, so although the price of fruit has increased, the turnover has not increased, but has decreased.
Sun Liying, the boss of Huaxia Fruit Industry, told qianjiang evening news Hours that the turnover of his three stores was only about one-third of that of the same period last year, and the passenger flow was also much less.
Sun Liying has been a fruit store for 7 years, and now he has 3 stores in Hangzhou. The rent of the oldest No.1 shop has risen from 50,000 to 178,000 years, and the growth rate has increased by 5% year by year. The labor cost employed in the store accounts for 60% of the total expenditure. Sun Liying thinks that compared with these, the price of fruit has risen the slowest.
In 2020, Sun Liying’s store enjoyed the government rent reduction and exemption policy, exempting the rent for three months and halving the rent for three months, which made him through the most difficult period.
This year’s epidemic situation is complicated. Last month, two of his stores were shut down due to epidemic prevention and control, and some fruits were lost. "It’s good to live." Sun Liying said.
However, the epidemic has also increased the sales of storable fruits such as apples, pears and bananas, and the prices of these fruits are relatively stable.
Many people are concerned about when the price of fruit will come down.
Hong Lianggang said that when local fruit production comes up, the wholesale price of fruit will soon fall, and the price of retail stores will naturally be lowered.
Take watermelons as an example. In April, watermelons were scarce, and the wholesale price once rose to 18 yuan a kilogram. However, with the maturity of local sweet potatoes in May, the price of watermelons will drop to 4 yuan a kilogram.
"I don’t know, one price a day." A stall owner who sold watermelons for 7 years in Hangzhou Fruit Wholesale Market said.
The General Administration of Financial Supervision voiced its support for real estate! The plate rose more than 3%, and Pudong Jinqiao 4 was connected to the board.
On January 26th, the real estate sector opened higher, with Pudong Jinqiao (600639)(600639.SH), China Enterprise (600675)(600675.SH) as four boards, Everbright Jiabao (600622)(600622.SH) and Waigaoqiao (600648).
In the news, since 2024, relevant policies on financial support for the reasonable financing needs of the real estate market have been intensively introduced. On January 12, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the General Administration of Financial Supervision jointly issued the Notice on Establishing a Coordination Mechanism for Urban Real Estate Financing; On January 24th, the Central Bank and the General Administration of Financial Supervision jointly issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Management of Operating Property Loans.
Ensure the smooth operation of the real estate market
According to the General Administration of Financial Supervision, up to now, the balance of real estate development loans and personal housing loans in China is 12.3 trillion yuan and 38.3 trillion yuan respectively.
In 2023, Chinese banks issued 3 trillion yuan of development loans and 6.4 trillion yuan of housing mortgage loans respectively, which add up to nearly 10 trillion yuan.
In addition, last year, banks also provided real estate enterprises with M&A loans and stock extension loans, which added up to more than 1 trillion yuan.
As for Baojiaolou, by the end of 2023, most of the 350 billion yuan special loan for Baojiaolou has been put into the project, and commercial banks have also provided corresponding commercial supporting financing to ensure the smooth completion of the task of Baojiaolou.
Continue to provide financial support.
Next, the state will continue to provide financial support for the real estate market.
The General Administration of Financial Supervision said that in the future, the coordination mechanism of urban real estate financing will be accelerated and effective. Under the lead coordination of the government, push the list of real estate projects that can be given financing support to financial institutions in the region.
At the same time, guide financial institutions to further implement the management requirements of operating property loans. For real estate development enterprises with standardized operation and good development prospects, banks are allowed to issue operating property loans to them, which can be used to repay the stock loans of housing enterprises and the open market bonds they issue before the end of 2024.
In addition, we should continue to do a good job in personal housing loan financial services, support local governments to make policies according to the city, further optimize personal housing loan policies such as down payment ratio and loan interest rate, and urge banks to better serve the financing needs of people’s rigid and improved housing.
Guide banks and other financial institutions to continue to vigorously support the construction of "three major projects" such as "emergency and emergency" major infrastructure and urban village reconstruction, and form a physical workload as soon as possible.
Multi-share daily limit of real estate sector
Thanks to favorable policies, the real estate sector has also shown signs of stabilizing, and brokers are generally optimistic about the allocation opportunities of the real estate sector.
Open source securities said that the fundamentals, valuation level, allocation ratio and market expectation of the current real estate sector are at a low level, and the policy window period is worthy of attention. Follow-up can pay more attention to strong credit housing enterprises with excellent layout, high investment intensity and marketization mechanism.
Founder Securities believes that the valuation of the real estate sector is in a historically low range, the industry has a good policy environment for stabilization, and the resilience of the sector rebound is sufficient. In addition, the fundamentals of the whole sector have structural support, and the real estate sector is expected to continue to rebound under the catalysis of favorable policies. You can focus on the theme of Pudong reform, second-hand housing track, high dividends and so on.
From the perspective of disk performance, the performance of individual stocks superimposed with the concept of Shanghai Free Trade Zone is more eye-catching. Among them, Pudong Jinqiao, Chinese enterprises, etc. have gone out of the fourth board, and Everbright Jiabao, Waigaoqiao and other stocks have also won the third board.
As of noon on January 26th, the real estate service sector rose by 3.79%, and the real estate development sector rose by 3.32%.
Tianjin: Deploy the target in stages and promote the construction of financial innovation operation demonstration zone.
According to 21st century business herald, the reporter noted that the Tianjin Municipal People’s Government issued the "Proposal on Further Promoting the Construction of Financial Innovation Operation Demonstration Zone" on January 8. The plan points out the overall goal of the future in three time periods: in the next three years, it will continue to maintain the leading position in the financial leasing and commercial factoring industries in China, and at the same time create a number of financial agglomeration symbol areas with themes and characteristics. In the next five years, the added value of the financial industry will account for about 15% of the regional GDP, and the overall asset scale of leasing will reach 2.7 trillion yuan. The scale of leasing and disposal of aircraft, international shipping vessels and offshore platforms will remain above 80% in the whole country, and the total assets and factoring financing balance of the commercial factoring industry will remain the first in the country. In 2035, a world-class national leasing innovation demonstration zone and a national commercial factoring capital will be built in an all-round way, which will provide a practical sample for China’s characteristic financial development.
Good place for New Year’s Day! Chongqing, a traditional scenic area, will be transformed into a "snow world"
Green zero-carbon development forum of film production industrialization: exploring the road of "green film"
Original title: Green zero-carbon development forum for film production industrialization: exploring the road of "green film"
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New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net December 19 news (Reporter Fu Caiyun) The film industry and green and low carbon, two concepts that seem to be far apart, will have a huge spark when they collide. On the 19th, the 5th Hainan Island International Film Festival-Green Zero-carbon Development Forum of Film Production Industrialization was held, and film creators, film and television base managers and new energy technology companies were invited to gather together to discuss the inefficiency, waste and serious pollution of traditional film production, and try to provide new solutions to the problems.
Green zero-carbon development forum for film production industrialization was held. Reporter Fu Caiyun photo
The film industry is a "spotlight industry" that attracts public attention. In fact, the carbon emission in the film production process can not be ignored. According to a report of the British Film Association in 2020, each blockbuster in the world can produce 2840 tons of carbon dioxide during filming, which is equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 3709 acres of forest in a year.
"It is of great significance for the film industry to participate in green and zero-carbon development." Zhang Chi, director of the Creative Guidance Department of the China Film Association and secretary-general of the Literature and Creative Committee of the China Film Association, said that while developing the scale of the film industry and improving the level of film industrialization, we should always be conscious and pursue low-carbon environmental protection. It is gratifying to see that domestic film and television bases and film production teams have made vivid practices of green and low carbon, such as Hengdian building a green studio and using photovoltaic technology to realize "shooting in the shed and generating electricity on the roof". Hainan Island International Film Festival builds a cooperation platform for environmental protection development, which plays a great role in promoting the green and low-carbon development of the film and television industry and improving the green technology level of employees.
Keynote speech session. Reporter Fu Caiyun photo
Hainan has a unique advantage in practicing the concept of green development. It is understood that since March this year, the proportion of new energy vehicles in Hainan has exceeded 50%. Song Zhaohuan, Vice President and Chief Brand Officer of Remote New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group, shared the theme of "New Energy Commercial Vehicle Helps Green and Low Carbon Development of Film and Television Industry" and introduced the application of new energy commercial vehicle in film and television industry. Promoting green and low-carbon development with green technological innovation, he said that methanol, a green, clean and sustainable renewable energy source, is being promoted, and the green new energy path with’ alcohol hydrogen+electricity’ as the core is being developed to develop rich power forms to meet the full-scene application of the film and television industry.
In October this year, Hainan’s first new energy special vehicle base landed, helping Hainan to build a low-carbon "new IP for film and television+tourism". "In the future, all special vehicles will be customized in Hainan and sent to all parts of the world." Song zhaohuan said.
Roundtable forum. Reporter Fu Caiyun photo
This forum is based on green environmental protection and forward-looking vision, giving filmmakers a lot of inspiration, creating with the concept of green "zero carbon" and taking the road of sustainable and high-quality development. During the round-table forum, the guests shared their first-line knowledge, and how to "reduce costs and increase efficiency" through scientific and technological innovation was their concern.
Oriental Film Capital is not only a witness of China’s film industrialization, but also an industrialized "production workshop". Sun Hengqin, president of Oriental Film Capital Industry Holding Group, said, "We don’t simply expand the scale or produce large films, but we need to be able to complete good ideas more effectively at a lower cost. This is a particularly big demand." He believes that "the development of science and technology will play an important role in realizing the green and zero-carbon development goal of film production industrialization."
The proposal for green and zero-carbon development of film production industrialization was released. Reporter Fu Caiyun photo
Ma Ping, deputy general manager of China Film Digital Production Base and vice president of China Film Photographers Association (CNSC), said that with the development of the times, China’s scientific and technological innovations have benefited all walks of life. In the film and television industry, new energy vehicles can better serve the crew and fulfill the requirements and expectations of filmmakers for creation at a lower cost, and the future can be expected.
Strategic cooperation signing link. Reporter Fu Caiyun photo
At the scene, Remote New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group and Hainan Jidi Film and Television Technology Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation contract on the development of film and television new energy vehicles and other related fields. At the same time, the forum launched an initiative to the national film industry, calling on everyone to take action, practice low-carbon and environmentally-friendly film creation, widely apply clean energy, cooperate with manufacturing industry and scientific research and development institutions for win-win results, constantly promote green and zero-carbon development, and lead China films to a new era of world-class industrial system. (Fu Caiyun)